And in the US, retail prices for whole cashews can reach $15 per pound. But without intensive, precise processing, these nuts wouldn't be edible at all. So how exactly are cashews processed?

We all recognize the boxy, hard plastic nut containers with jug-like handles, filled with 40 ounces of cashews in various iterations: roasted, sea salt, unsalted, organic, and more. Those are ...

The official said with Vietnam expanding its organic farming sector and Germany being a global leader in organic production, ...

these W180 big boys are considered the kings of cashews. What W180 means is that there are 140 to 180 nuts per pound of cashews, and that they are the largest and offer the most nutritional value ...

The Accra street vendor looks at me, bemused. I'm trying to establish how the rather flimsy 30g bag of roasted cashew nuts she's selling, beside a sweltering highway in Ghana's capital ...